Mainpuri–Etawah line

Mainpuri–Etawah line
Overview
System Branch line
Status Non-Operational
Locale Uttar Pradesh
Termini Etawah Junction (ETW)
Mainpuri (MNQ)
Stations 7
Operation
Opened 28 December 2016 (2016-12-28)
Owner Indian Railway
Operator(s) North Central Railway
Character At Grade
Technical
Line length 55.16 km (34 mi)
Track length 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge Broad gauge
Electrification No
Operating speed 100 km/h (62 mph)

The Mainpuri – Etawah line is a railway line in Northern India. It connects Mainpuri to Etawah Junction via Saifai.

On December 28, 2015 first time a passenger train (71910-Agra Cantonment - Mainpuri DEMU) run on this railway track.[1][2][3]

In 2004, then President of India Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam laid the foundation stone of this railway track in Saifai.[4]

Route and halts

Mainpuri – Etawah line
# Station Name Station Code Connections
1Etawah JunctionETWHowrah–Delhi main line
2BaidpurBPUR
3SaifaiSIPI
4KarhalKAHL
5BhujiaBUJA
6KiratpurKAPU
7MainpuriMNQFarrukhabad – Shikohabad Line

References

  1. http://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/etawah/passenger-start-running-at-etawah-mainpuri-line
  2. http://www.livehindustan.com/news/agra/article1-Etawah-Mainpuri-station-reached-after-18-years-of-dreams-come-from-railroad-646337.html
  3. "Mulayam's Saifai on railway map". The Times of India. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  4. http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/mainpuri-13520234.html
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